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https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/oakland-mall-remakes-itself-new-stores-asian-tilt

"An area that is home to a constellation of Asian businesses is welcoming more — to a perhaps unexpected location.

Oakland Mall at John R and 14 Mile roads in Troy has recently added, or is adding in the coming weeks and months, a half-dozen or so new stores, most of which have roots in places including Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan. 

It’s part of an effort by owner Mario Kiezi, who bought Oakland Mall in March 2022, to bring new life to a tired property. Kiezi came in as somewhat of an outsider, having never owned a mall, but still promising to radically alter its DNA by bringing in unique, sometimes first-to-market tenants in a transformation he has likened to what ultimately became Chelsea Market in New York City.

It's still a long way from that but the roster of new tenants includes:

• Gashapon Bandai, a store with walls of vending machine-type dispensers of miniature toys in capsules by Bandai Namco, the Japanese video game maker behind titles such as Pac Man, Elden Ring, Tekken, Dragon Ball and Dark Souls. Kiezi said that with 538 vending machines, it’s the largest such store in the U.S. It’s about 2,500 square feet.
• Miniso, a Chinese retailer similar to Five Below. It fills about 4,500 square feet previously occupied by Pro Image Sports, which moved to another spot in the mall. 
• Shibuyala, a Japanese cosmetics store opening its first U.S. location outside of California in about 6,000 square feet in the fall. 
• Boba Chai, with Taiwanese bubble/boba tea and other drinks, taking over 1,000 square feet that had been a shoe store most recently. 
• Seapot, an 11,000-square-foot Korean barbecue and hot pot restaurant with other locations in the Bay Area and Texas. It will be able to seat more than 300 people when it opens late this year or early next year, Kiezi said. 
• Slime Studio, taking over 23,000 square feet in the former Sears department store. Kiezi said that’s opening later this month or in early June. It's a slime products concept inspired by Sloomoo Institute, which has locations in Chicago, New York City, Houston and Atlanta. Keith Aldridge, one of the owners of Canterbury Village in Lake Orion, is the owner of Slime Studio. 
• Gemu, an 8,000-square-foot claw arcade, also plans to open by Christmas in the former Sears store. 
• First Form Collectibles, a shop carrying anime and other collectibles, aims to open later this month in about 1,000 square feet.
• Boboka, a Mexican restaurant in a former Subway sandwich shop in the food court, opens this summer. 

In Oakland County, 9.4% identified as part Asian, while in Washtenaw it’s 10.9%. In Macomb County, it’s 5.3%, while in Wayne County it’s 4.4% and in Livingston County, it’s 1.6%.  

Those populations have increased in the previous 10 years. In Oakland, they rose by 55.7%; Macomb, 51.7%; Livingston, 43.1%; Wayne, 37.9%; and Washtenaw, 30%. "

I have a beautiful bright and intelligent 17 yr old daughter. For the last two years things have been very difficult with her. She was failing in-person school and now she’s failing online school. Next year will be her or should be her last year of high school. I want her to experience life on her terms yes! But, she needs a better understanding and foundation. So, I am asking if anyone out there knows of maybe a creative in person course or some educational alternative program that would still allow her to graduate. I obviously don’t have the answers. I welcome any suggestions. I am desperate at this point I can’t help my child. Thank you in advance.

I'm flying international for a business trip tomorrow and my husband tells me a few years ago he used a separate business travel entrance at DTW that had it's own check in lines (not the hotel entrance). I have not seen it before and Google shows no results - I'm curious if this is a thing? He told me I just need to find some frosted doors at the entrance, but I don't feel like going on a goose chase if this doesn't exist. Anyone know?

I work from home and have been venturing out more lately so maybe it’s been like this. But traffic has been BRUTAL. If you’re the one out there weaving in and out of traffic could you not?

I know this was posted already but I live around the Canton area and wanted to know where the best location would be to see the northern lights. I don't mind driving out a bit. This has been my dream and ir elaly don't want to miss it.

I need a video of a specific street. Long story short my boss thinks I'm in Michigan but in reality I'm overseas. All I need is a video of a street sign while saying "this is where I'm currently working at boss". Anyone will be rewarded. Please help

Anyone got the tool I can borrow for like a min?

Bunch of auto places don't have it